Plant Cell Differentiation during Embryogenesis and Protoplast Cultures
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2022) | Viewed by 3214
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant cell differentiation is a fascinating aspect of plant developmental biology. A comprehensive understanding of this process could improve the strategies available for biotechnology research and enhance the application of biotechnological techniques in plant modification and breeding processes. Several biotechnological approaches strongly concern cell differentiation, such as plant embryogenesis and protoplast cultures. Plant embryogenesis does not only include zygotic embryogenesis in planta or in vitro, but also somatic embryogenesis and, in part, androgenesis. These abovementioned developmental processes are characterized at different biological levels: from cell and tissue morphology, gene activities and transcriptional profiles to epigenetic changes and growth regulator content or transport. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight the most recent advances in plant cell differentiation, taking into account a wide spectrum of approaches to plant embryogenesis and protoplast cultures in an effort to improve plant development.
Dr. Vladan Ondřej
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cell differentiation
- plant embryogenesis
- protoplast cultures
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